Tag Archives: Boards of Canada

Shrouded in conjecture and only a wee little bit of good fun, Gescom may be the more dancefloor-friendly identity of Sean Booth and Rob Brown, aka Autechre. The majority of the pair’s Gescom materials (save for an EP a bit on “upcoming funk” label Crystal clear and David Moufang’s Supply …

Nathan Fake is a Uk digital musician whose lush, moody recordings range between atmospheric tech-house to vivid, shoegaze-influenced downtempo. Fake (his real last name) started his profession in the plantation nation of Norfolk in the U.K., where he discovered how exactly to play fundamental acoustic instruments just before finding a …

Bibio may be the folk-meets-electronica task of self-taught maker/multi-instrumentalist Stephen Wilkinson, from England’s Dark Nation (aka the Western Midlands). As students of sonic arts at London’s Middlesex University or college, Wilkinson was initially influenced by ’90s digital acts such as for example Aphex Twin, Autechre, and specifically Planks of Canada, …

Olaf Dettinger is among the top-shelf producers around the Cologne, Germany-based Kompakt roster. Frequently bathing his ambient songs in analog synths and lush atmospherics, he’s similarly capable of producing comforting bliss and discomforting paranoia. With 1999’s Intershop, Dettinger became the 1st artist release a a single-artist LP on Kompakt, which …

Iceland pop experimentalists Múm were shaped by Gunnar ?-rn Tynes, ?-rvar Þóreyjarson Smárason, and classically trained twin sisters Gyða and Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir. Shaped in 1997, the group fulfilled while focusing on a children’s play. Smárason discovered his understanding of music transformed through hearing Aphex Twin and determined that he’d …

A somewhat mysterious producer from Berlin, Germany, Ulrich Schnauss debuted under his very own name in 2001 with A LONG WAY AWAY Trains Passing By. Released by Town Center Offices, the record seemingly originated from nowhere and finished up on many journalists’ year-end favorites lists, impressing many using a beguiling …

Milwaukee-based producer Erik Kowalski produces songs of beautiful listening techno, with baroque, haunting melodies, and distorted trip-hop is better than. After over 2 yrs of recording by himself, Kowalski released an eponymous debut on Celebrity Celebrity in 1998. Twelve months later, Proceed Hawaii adopted on Milwaukee’s Wobblyhead. His third recording …

Cex does not have any qualms approximately his need to be a Rolex-wearing pop and rap superstar, and his music actually is based on the world of intelligent dance music. At age 19, Rjyan Kidwell currently got a catalog of produces and an archive label behind him. His upbeat and …

Before the discharge of their initial album, Fields offered a particular band-approved mixtape to fans through their internet site and MySpace web page, including songs that provide newcomers some notion of where the Uk five-piece is via: along with 3 of their very own music, old-school folk-rockers Pentangle and Linda …

The Parisian post-rock/experimental quartet Cyann & Ben came jointly in 2001. Cyann (vocals/keyboards), Ben (electric guitar), Loïc (electric guitar/keyboards), and Charlie (percussion/examples) create a romantic soundscape that’s both cinematic and lush with differing ambient designs and analogical noises. Within a calendar year, the group self-released their initial album, and then …